In recent years, Janus interface materials with wettability contrast have attracted remarkable attention because of their beneficial properties and versatile potential applications in materials science including transport, ...

Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) mimic the binding sites of antibodies by substituting the amino acid-scaffold of proteins by synthetic polymers. In this work, the first MIP for the recognition of the diagnostically ...

Colloidal silica nanoparticles (NPs) modified with eight different silane coupling agents were incorporated into an amorphous poly(tetramethylene oxide)-based polyurethane-urea copolymer matrix at a concentration of 10 wt ...

Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are one of the most frequently studied alternative recognition elements in chromatography and sensorics. They are prepared by polymerizing the target analyte (socalled template) and ...

A simple process and a general method was developed for the preparation of polymeric materials with controlled surface wettability. Method is applicable to a wide range of polymeric materials, thermoplastic or thermoset. ...

Hybrid paper sheets, paper based materials composed of organic and inorganic constituents, with Janus type wetting properties were prepared. One side of the sheet was superhydrophobic whereas the untreated side preserved ...

Effect of the coating method on the formation of superhydrophobic polydimethylsiloxane-urea (TPSC) copolymer surfaces, modified by the incorporation of hydrophobic fumed silica nanoparticles were investigated. Four different ...

Surface properties have critical roles in determination of the durability and overall performance of polymeric materials for applications in many fields. Recent investigations on naturally superhydrophobic surfaces such ...

Two simple processes; spin-coating, and doctor blade coating of silica/polymer dispersions are described for the preparation of superhydrophobic polymer surfaces. To demonstrate the versatility and broad applicability of ...

This study is about preparing different paper substrates with chemically stable hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surface coatings through spraying a mixture of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) and inorganic particles. The ...